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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-10-002:
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna crispa
COMMON NAME:
Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_clcr_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vicr3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160415_111
April Turner County GA
crisped = "curled or twisted in relation to a horizontal plane", per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_112
April Turner County GA
Sepal tips widely spreading, the upper margins thin, crisped, to 6 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_113
April Turner County GA
Flowers solitary, terminal on each branch. Calyx cylindric below, flared above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_115
April Turner County GA
Most leaves compound, petiolate, upper surface reticulations faint& indistinct, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Clematis species
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JK Marlow jkm160415_117
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_120
April Turner County GA
Peduncles usually without bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_4548553827_fefb098ea
April Anson County NC
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Sepal tips spreading to recurved, greatly expanded and crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_crispa_3
July
Sepals thick, 1-2" long, blue to purple, the tips normally reflexed and wavy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_crispa_9
July